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A person dressed as Mary Stuart kneels on the floor in an old-fashioned gown with a lighted match in their hand and a letter in the other.
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Theatre & dance

Theatre & Dance Winter/Spring 2024

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Sakari Oramo conducting, with circular orange swirls around him
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Classical music

BBC Symphony Orchestra Multibuy Feb–Jul 2024

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You can save with our BBC Symphony Orchestra Multibuy.

Players of the Academy of Ancient Music standing with their instruments in the Barbican Conservatory
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music Multibuy Feb–Jul 2024

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You can save with our Academy of Ancient Music Multibuy.

Hannah Ryggen, Blood in the Grass, 1966.
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Art & design Cinema Talks & events Tours & public spaces

Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art

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Our public programme will give you the opportunity to learn more about the artworks and themes of Unravel, as we take a closer look at the power and politics of textiles in art.

Big band on stage, led by saxophinist
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Classical music Contemporary music

Film Music: From screen to stage

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Experience film music in different ways this year – from Hollywood hits and cult classics to groundbreaking new fusions of music and film. 

Two people look on in a neon soaked street
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Cinema

Queer East Festival 2024

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Queer East is a cross-disciplinary festival that showcases boundary-pushing queer cinema, moving image work and live arts from, and about, East and Southeast Asia and its diaspora communities.

A woman with heavy makeup takes a selfie in front of a burning building, surrounded by masked people.
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Cinema

Chronic Youth Film Festival 2024

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Chronic Youth Film Festival 2024 presents OUT OF ORDER: A series of films about misdemeanours and transgressions.

James Baldwin, wearing a suit, looks thoughtfully to the side.
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Cinema

The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin Through Film

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Through the ideas in James Baldwin's seminal text The Devil Finds Work, this series of films and discussions explores Black representation in contemporary cinema.

Players of the Academy of Ancient Music standing with their instruments in the Barbican Conservatory
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Classical music

Baroque at the Barbican

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Hear an array of outstanding Baroque music this May, June and July.

An image of the Roman colosseum, with yellow and red colours overlaid and circular swirls framing the image
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Classical music

BBC SO Total Immersion: Italian Radicals

Join the BBC Symphony Orchestra for a day of Total Immersion in the worlds of four composers who redefined a nation.